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Fashionably Late - Abstract Watercolor on Paper in Green and Purple 2012

Creator: Andrei Petrov
Offered by: Arco Gallery

Description
Andrei Petrov's Fashionably Late is 9 x 13.5 inches watercolor on paper. The main colors are green, and purple.
As it is often the case in Petrov's work, his abstractions acquire, at times, a more precise figurative accent, with references to nature. For this work the green and beautiful purple hues bring back an imagery of leafs and flowers, yet never clearly distinguishable. Sharp lines of more graphic signs create an interesting contrast with the fluidity of the watercolor.
Andrei Petrov is an American Artist of Russian origins. His paintings are the expression of his lifelong struggle to retain memories of his childhood and life.
He writes: "In my approach two roads are taken: a natural, Hudson River School path of light and drama filled grandeur that encounters energetic animated gestures, muscular surfaces, and bold strokes familiar in Abstract Expressionism.Beneath numerous glazes and opalescent layers swaths of paint dash about this stage and often emerge from the lower depths of which there are many levels.

Freezing the action allows a probing slow-motion breakdown of the components that comprise the canvas. Think of a frozen lake: leaves, twigs, nuts, fish are all suspended in ice at different depths and angles.

Piercing the surface, thick islets of paint interrupt a placid color field and create vast non-linear perspective from the root to the fruit of the gesture. Tension is created by the juxtaposition of animated bursts of paint with the slow contemplative layering found in paintings of the Hudson River School. The invitation to explore this amber-like world is now extended. Sometimes the brush is mightier than the pen."

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	New
Materials:	Ink, Watercolor.
Creation Date:	2012
Styles / Movements:	Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	750941

Dimensions

W.	13.5 in;	H.	9 in;	D.	1 in;
W.	34.29 cm;	H.	22.86 cm;	D.	2.54 cm;

Message from Seller:

Arco Gallery, founded in 2013 by Valentina Puccioni, offers a truly personalized art experience in the heart of SoHo, NYC. Located in a historic loft and open by appointment only, the gallery provides exclusive, intimate viewings, away from the mainstream gallery scene. P: 212.226.1207 E: valentina@arcogallery.com